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DIR Bani Khoshnoudi | Mexico/Greece/Dominican Republic | 85 min

When Ramin (Arash Marandi, A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT) hid on a cargo ship leaving Iran, he never expected to end up in Veracruz, Mexico by accident. Having escaped persecution as a young gay man in his home country, he suddenly finds himself far from everything he knows, living the life of an exile in this nostalgic, tropical port where his past and future are constantly confronted by new relationships and revivified desires. Best Ibero-American Film, 2019 Miami Film Festival. Official Selection, 2019 Rotterdam and Munich film festivals. In English, Persian, and Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED